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Friday, September 18, 2015

For all who have sent us encouraging messages, prayed for
us, or given financially, Ben and I can’t thank you enough for partnering with
our family in this adoption! I can sum
up the last week in three words: God is
faithful!

We can’t wait to share more about the details.Here’s a little Q & A

Where will the baby
be born?

West Virginia of all places!

What’s the due date?

The baby’s due date is January 2nd but baby will likely
be here sometime before or around Christmas.What a great gift!

What’s the baby’s
gender?

When we decided to pursue this situation the gender was
unknown.Last week the agency updated us
to let us know she had an ultrasound and it’s a …… GIRL!We are thrilled for Haven to have a little
sister.

Why is her mom
placing her for adoption?

While we understand there are so many questions regarding the
expectant mom and why she is choosing adoption, we feel like it’s our
soon-to-be little ones personal story.Please
please know our reasoning behind this is not to be rude or try to hide
anything.We’ve spent lots of time
praying about this and feel like it’s our job to protect our children and the
personal details of their adoption stories.One example of why we do this is because we don’t want her to hear about
her biological mother or adoption story from other people – we want her to be
the first to hear it and then have the choice of whether or not she wants to
share those details with others.I wrote
a blog post on this last year – you can read more about ithere

What are you going to
name her?

Ha!Let’s see if Ben
and I can agree on a name!Thankfully we
have a couple months to find something we both love!

What is her race?

Yes, we know everyone is curious but doesn't know how to ask. Our newest little love will also be black.

What happens if she
changes her mind and decides to parent the baby?Will you lose all the money you’ve spent?

This is a great question!First, if she decides to parent, we will support her in that
decision.We realize this is a very
difficult decision to make and follow through on.We are not just in this process because we
want a baby.We adopt domestically so
that we can come alongside an expectant mother and be the hands and feet of
Jesus to her.If adoption is what is
best for her and the baby, we will be there to love and support her through the
process.If parenting is what is best
for her and the baby, we will be there to love and support her through the
process.We already love this expectant
mother and the little one she is carrying.Of course our hearts will be disappointed if this baby girl isn’t meant
for our family.BUT, we desire the
Lord’s will above all else.The great
news is, that if she decides to parent, the agency will roll over 100% of our
agency fees to another adoption with their agency.So there will be very little financial loss
for our family.

What about finances?Were you able to
meet your match fee this week?

As most of you know, we are an open book when it comes to
adoption finances.There are several
reasons why we are this way, but the main one is so that God’s faithfulness can
be on display.Our total cost for this
adoption is almost $26,000.We were
required to pay a large portion of that cost this week to our agency.In a weeks time, we have raised over $4000 on
top of the $4000+ we have already raised in fundraisers.Since we only had a week to come up with a
lot of money, we had to borrow money to cover the match fee.We were reluctant to do this, but have full
confidence that God is going to provide in the coming months.And friends… can I just tell you a little bit
more about His faithfulness?!?This
morning I woke up with a lot of anxiety about all this money.I spent the morning praying boldly that the
Lord would provide and that we would be awarded some of the grants we have
applied to.One hour my heart would have
an incredible peace and then the next I would be pleading with God to confirm
we are on the right path.Then this
afternoon I checked my email and found out we’ve been awarded a matching
grant.The grant agency has offered to match
any donations we receive up to $2500 meaning we could potentially receive a $5000
check from them.Wow!Not only is God so good to provide this
opportunity, but to also give us that confirmation that we have been
desiring.We will post more details very
soon about the matching grant and how/where you can give if you are interested.Aside from this grant, we are still waiting
to hear back on several other adoption grants.Thankfully we have until January to continue fundraising and saving for
this adoption.

How can we pray for
your family?

Pray for “A” (the expectant mother) and her
health and safety.

For her heart as she moves forward with this
adoption plan.

For the precious baby girl in her belly that she
would remain safe and healthy

Pray for continued favor with the grant agencies
who are reviewing our applications.We
know that one particular grant agency is reviewing our file on Oct 6th.

Pray the Lord would continue to provide the
funds through this matching grant and our future fundraisers

Pray for Ben and I – that we would know how to
love on this expectant mother well

Pray for our hearts, adoption is a roller
coaster of emotions!

Thank you for celebrating with us this week!!We are overwhelmed by the love and generosity
that has been poured out on us with both of our adoptions!